Scholarly Discourse

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noun a style of writing or speaking that is characteristic of academics and characterized by complex vocabulary and jargon

  • The academic paper was filled with dense academese that made it difficult to understand.
  • I couldn't follow the professor's lecture because he was speaking in academese.
  • I hate it when textbooks are written in academese, it's so hard to decipher.
  • Her writing style is like academese, full of jargon and complex language.